Paintbrush



June 24, 1930. A. J. MAY 1,767,540

PAINTBRUSH Filed Feb. 16, 1929 l 6 a I 7 II 5 10' ATTORNEYS.

Patented June 24, 1930 PATENT OFFICE ALBERT 3'. MAY, 01 HOUSTON, TEXAS .PAINTBRUSH Application filed February 16, 1929. Serial No. 340,466.

This invention relates to new and improvements in a paint brush.

One object of the invention is to provide a brush of the character described equipped with a paint receiver, or trap, adapted to collect and contain the paint which may run or drip fromthe brush bristles, in doing overhead painting and which is so formed that the collected paint will not be liable to spill from said receiver or run down the outer side thereof onto the handle. 1

Another object of the invention is to provide a brush of the character described having a paint receiver, for collecting thepaint that may run from the bristles indoing overhead paint work, asid receiver being provided with means for permitting the discharge of the collected paint therefrom.

With the above and other objects in View this invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, operation and arrangement of'parts an example of which is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein i V Figure 1 shows an end View of one form of the brush, partly broken away.

Figure 2 shows a side view thereof, partly in section, and

Figure 3 shows a fragmentary edge view. Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference designate similar parts in each of the Figures the numeral 1 designates the brush head having the conventional handle, or grip 2. Secured to the head 1 are the conventional bristles 3, for the usual purpose. The head has a surrounding, close fitting band 4 which also surrounds the base of the 40 bristles and which has a surrounding outwardly projecting flange 5. Fitted closely against opposite sides of this flange are the gaskets 6, 7 preferably formed of rubber. Around the base of the bristles there is a cup like paint receiver formed of the outer and inner walls 8 and 9, the former of which has an inwardly turned'flange 10 which clamps against the under side of the gasket 7 and the latter of which has an outwardly turned flange 11 which clamps against useful the upper side of the gasket 6, There are the clamp screws 12 threaded diagonally through tapped bearings in the outer wall 8 and whose lower ends abut against the flange 11. By tightening up on these the flanges 10, 11 may be made to clamp the gaskets 6, 7 against the flange 5, forming. a fluid tight joint. The outer and inner walls are spaced apart to form the container, or receiver, for the paint that may run or drip from the bristles in doing overhead painting.

There is a retainer rim 22 detachably secured to the upper margin of the outer wall of the paint container and extending inwardly. This rim is preferably formed of rubber or other elastic material so that it may be readily applied in place or removed and it is provided to preventthe accidental spilling of the paint from the container. The inner wall, 9, forms a guard for the bristles and prevents the bristles, in use,

from bending over far enough tocome into contact with the rim 22 to the end that the paint will not run down from said bristles onto said rim and thence down on the outer side of the container.

What I claim is r 1. A paint brush having a handle and bristles, a paint container around the brush formed of an outer and an inner wall said walls being spaced apart and formed with overlapping parts, packing means between said parts and clamp screws through which said overlapping parts may be clamped against said packing means.

2. A brush having a handle and bristles, an outwardly extending rib around the brush, packing means on opposite sides of said rib, a container around the brush having outer and inner walls said walls being spaced apart and being formed with bottom flanges above and below said packing means to clamp said container againstsaid ribs In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ALBERT J. MAY. 

